Vol 11, No 10 (October 30, 2019) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

What is the role of video-assisted thoracoscopy for patent ductus arteriosus ligation in the era of transcatheter closure?

Alain Fraisse, Guido Michielon, Aleksander Kempny

PDF Pages: 4090-4091 Full Text (980) Open Access

Neoadjuvant treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer

Fernando Franco, Mariano Provencio

PDF Pages: 4092-4095 Full Text (1329) Open Access

Pretreatment identification of micro-metastasis in mediastinal lymph node by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer—is it time yet?

Abhishek Biswas, Michael A. Jantz, Hiren J. Mehta

PDF Pages: 4096-4100 Full Text (911) Open Access

Expert Consensus

Expert consensus on tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (Guangzhou)

Jianxing He, Jun Liu, Chengchu Zhu, Tianyang Dai, Kaican Cai, Zhifeng Zhang, Chao Cheng, Kun Qiao, Xiang Liu, Guangsuo Wang, Shun Xu, Rusong Yang, Junqiang Fan, Hecheng Li, Jiang Jin, Qinglong Dong, Lixia Liang, Jinfeng Ding, Kaiming He, Yulin Liu, Jing Ye, Siyang Feng, Yu Jiang, Haoda Huang, Huankai Zhang, Zhenguo Liu, Xia Feng, Zhaohua Xia, Mingfei Ma, Zhongxin Duan, Tonghai Huang, Yali Li, Qiming Shen, Wenfei Tan, Hong Ma, Yang Sun, Congcong Chen, Fei Cui, Wei Wang, Jingpei Li, Zhexue Hao, Hui Liu, Wenhua Liang, Xusen Zou, Hengrui Liang, Hanyu Yang, Yingfen Li, Shunjun Jiang, Calvin S. H. Ng, Diego González-Rivas, Eugenio Pompeo, Raja M. Flores, Yaron Shargall, Mahmoud Ismail, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Ahmed G. Elkhouly, Sook Whan Sung, Keng Ang

PDF Pages: 4101-4108 Full Text (5307) Open Access

Original Article

Impact of complex segmentectomies by video-assisted thoracic surgery on peri-operative outcomes

Benoît Bédat, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, Thortsen Krueger, Jean Yannis Perentes, Matthieu Zellweger, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics, Michel Gonzalez

PDF Pages: 4109-4118 Full Text (1832) Open Access

Intracorporeal direct measurement for localizing peripheral pulmonary nodules during thoracoscopy

Ming-Wei Kao

PDF Pages: 4119-4126 Full Text (Video) (1132) Open Access

Safety and efficacy of sufentanil combined with midazolam in bronchoscopy under conscious sedation: retrospective study of 11,158 cases

Yao Yao, Zhuquan Su, Yu Chen, Yongshun Ye, Liya Lu, Changhao Zhong, Xiaobo Chen, Chunli Tang, Shiyue Li

PDF Pages: 4127-4134 Full Text (3586) Open Access

Dysphagia predict the response to second cycle neoadjuvant chemotherapy in first cycle no response esophageal carcinoma

Yan Zheng, Yin Li, Jianjun Qin, Wenqun Xing, Xianben Liu, Haibo Sun, Xiankai Chen

PDF Pages: 4135-4143 Full Text (1137) Open Access

Real world data of combined lung cancer and interstitial lung disease

Tatsuo Kawahara, Hiroyuki Sakashita, Takafumi Suzuki, Tomoya Tateishi, Yasunari Miyazaki

PDF Pages: 4144-4151 Full Text (1490) Open Access

A novel biosimulator based on ex vivo porcine lungs for training in peripheral tissue sampling using endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath

Tsukasa Ishiwata, Takahiro Nakajima, Jiro Terada, Koichiro Tatsumi

PDF Pages: 4152-4158 Full Text (Video) (1056) Open Access

Comparison between thoracoscopic and open approaches in thymoma resection

Guo-Wen Wang, Tao Tao, Chuan-Kui Li, Qi-Cai Li, Gui-Xin Duan, Hai-Wei Sang, Hai-Jun Dong, Zu-Yi Wang

PDF Pages: 4159-4168 Full Text (1343) Open Access

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea-related hypertension in police officers in Southern China

Minxia Pan, Qiong Ou, Baixin Chen, Zuogeng Hong, Hui Liu

PDF Pages: 4169-4178 Full Text (1530) Open Access

The No-apnea score vs. the other five questionnaires in screening for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in patients with cerebral infarction

Riken Chen, Wang Liu, Junfen Cheng, Zhenzhen Zheng, Manqing Ba, Min Peng, Qizhong He, Huajing Yang, Tao Chen, Cheng Hong

PDF Pages: 4179-4187 Full Text (1922) Open Access

Assessment of respiratory drive with esophageal diaphragmatic electromyography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with prone position ventilation

Qing-Wen Sun, Xiao-Cong Li, Zhi-Min Lin, Wen Jiang, Yuan-Ming Luo, Wen-Zheng Huang, Tai-Min Guo, Yuan-Da Xu, Nan-Shan Zhong

PDF Pages: 4188-4196 Full Text (1375) Open Access

The probability of nodal metastasis in novel T-factor: the applicability of sublobar resection

Yuichi Sakairi, Hironobu Wada, Taiki Fujiwara, Hidemi Suzuki, Takahiro Nakajima, Masako Chiyo, Ichiro Yoshino

PDF Pages: 4197-4204 Full Text (1188) Open Access

The effect of tumor locations of esophageal cancer on the metastasis to liver or lung

Dashan Ai, Yun Chen, Qi Liu, Jiaying Deng, Kuaile Zhao

PDF Pages: 4205-4210 Full Text (3542) Open Access

Renal hemodynamics by return cannular position of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in swine

Hee Jung Kim, Seong Cheol Jeong, Jae Seung Jung, In Seup Kim, Choon-Hak Lim, Ho Sung Son

PDF Pages: 4211-4217 Full Text (1319) Open Access

The B1 defective type of bifurcated right upper lobe bronchus

Min Zhang, Ning Mao, Si-Hang Wang, Qing-Chen Wu, Ming-Jian Ge

PDF Pages: 4218-4223 Full Text (1238) Open Access

Burden and clinical characteristics of high grade tuberculosis destroyed lung: a nationwide study

Deokjae Han, Hwa Young Lee, Kyeongju Kim, Taehoon Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh, Chin Kook Rhee

PDF Pages: 4224-4233 Full Text (1918) Open Access

Low versus high pulse oxygen saturation directed oxygen therapy in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled pilot study

Xiaobo Yang, You Shang, Shiying Yuan

PDF Pages: 4234-4240 Full Text (3070) Open Access

Survival and late toxicities following concurrent chemo-radiotherapy for locally advanced stage III non-small cell lung cancer: findings of a 10-year Australian single centre experience with long term clinical follow up

M. Nazim Abbas, Adeola Ayoola, Sunita Padman, Rajiv Kumar, John Leung, Shahid Ullah, Bogda Koczwara, Shawgi Sukumaran, Ganessan Kichenadasse, Amitesh Roy, Alison M. Richards, Jeffrey J. Bowden, Christos S. Karapetis

PDF Pages: 4241-4248 Full Text (2185) Open Access

Risk factors of severe hemoptysis in patients with fungus ball

Tae Hoon Kim, Hyun Jung Koo, Chae-Man Lim, Sang-Bum Hong, Jin Won Huh, Kyung Wook Jo, Tae Sun Shim, Woo Sung Kim, Younsuck Koh

PDF Pages: 4249-4257 Full Text (1585) Open Access

Prognostic significance of anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement in patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma

Yinglei Liu, Xiangyun Ye, Yongfeng Yu, Shun Lu

PDF Pages: 4258-4270 Full Text (1314) Open Access

Pulmonary papillary squamous cell carcinoma: a population-based analysis of incidence, treatment, and prognosis

Qingchen Yuan, Na Sun, Zibo Meng, Xiao Chen

PDF Pages: 4271-4281 Full Text (2002) Open Access

Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of lung cancer in young patients aged 30 years and younger

Fang Li, Huayu He, Bin Qiu, Ying Ji, Kelin Sun, Qi Xue, Wei Guo, Dali Wang, Jun Zhao, Yousheng Mao, Juwei Mu, Shugeng Gao

PDF Pages: 4282-4291 Full Text (2526) Open Access

Lateral decubitus chest radiography or chest ultrasound to predict pleural adhesions before medical thoracoscopy: a prospective study

Khady Thiam, Julien Guinde, Sophie Laroumagne, Valerian Bourinet, Julie Berbis, Nafissatou Omar Touré, Hervé Dutau, Philippe Astoul

PDF Pages: 4292-4297 Full Text (1322) Open Access

The fate of aspergilloma patients after surgical treatment—experience from 22 cases

Katriina Pihlajamaa, Veli-Jukka Anttila, Jari V. Räsänen, Juha T. Kauppi, Ulla Hodgson

PDF Pages: 4298-4307 Full Text (5215) Open Access

Morbidity, mortality and long-term outcome of lung cancer resections performed in palliative intent

Emanuel Palade, Jutta Günter, Juan M. M. Gomez, Ulrich F. Wellner, Severin Schmid, Sebastian Wiesemann, Bernward Passlick

PDF Pages: 4308-4318 Full Text (1178) Open Access

Blood clot removal by cryoextraction in critically ill patients with pulmonary hemorrhage

Lars Henning Schmidt, Arik Bernard Schulze, Dennis Goerlich, Christoph Schliemann, Torsten Kessler, Veronika Rottmann, Daniel den Toom, Felix Rosenow, Jan Sackarnd, Georg Evers, Michael Mohr

PDF Pages: 4319-4327 Full Text (2950) Open Access

Methacholine bronchial provocation test for assessment of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in preschool children

Bao-Hong Li, Wei-Jie Guan, Zheng Zhu, Yi Gao, Jia-Ying An, Xin-Xin Yu, Jin-Ping Zheng

PDF Pages: 4328-4336 Full Text (1116) Open Access

Differentially expressed miRNAs in circulating exosomes between atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm

Suyu Wang, Jie Min, Yue Yu, Liang Yin, Qing Wang, Hua Shen, Jie Yang, Peng Zhang, Jian Xiao, Zhinong Wang

PDF Pages: 4337-4348 Full Text (2255) Open Access

Serum lactate dehydrogenase activity and its isoenzyme patterns in patients with pectus excavatum

Seong Cheol Jeong, Jae Jun Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, In Sub Kim, Jung Wook Han

PDF Pages: 4349-4356 Full Text (1339) Open Access

Role of endoscopic transparent cap in managing pediatric foreign bodies in the entrance of the esophagus in a waking state

Yang Wang, Wei Chen

PDF Pages: 4357-4363 Full Text (922) Open Access

Surgical Technique

An infrared coagulator to assist surgical treatment of infective endocarditis

Hiroshi Kubota, Hidehito Endo, Hikaru Ishii, Sachito Minegishi, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Yu Takahashi, Satoko Funata, Yusuke Inaba

PDF Pages: 4364-4370 Full Text (1149) Open Access

Review Article

Role of metformin in treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review

Ailing Zhu, Yue Teng, Dehai Ge, Xiujian Zhang, Manman Hu, Xin Yao

PDF Pages: 4371-4378 Full Text (3232) Open Access

Review Article of Cough Section¹

Types and applications of cough-related questionnaires

Zhijing Wang, Miao Wang, Siwan Wen, Li Yu, Xianghuai Xu

PDF Pages: 4379-4388 Full Text (4764) Open Access

Section of Interventional Pulmonology²

Outcomes of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer and airway obstruction treated with photodynamic therapy and non-photodynamic therapy ablation modalities

Ravishankar Jayadevappa, Sumedha Chhatre, Harmik J. Soukiasian, Septimiu Murgu

PDF Pages: 4389-4399 Full Text (2082) Open Access

Editorial Commentary

Is the length of esophageal invasion only associated with mediastinal nodal metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (Siewert type II and III) after neo-adjuvant chemoradiotherapy?

Shinji Mine

PDF Pages: E152-E153 Full Text (930) Open Access

Is local consolidative therapy adequate for the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer?

Taichiro Goto

PDF Pages: E154-E157 Full Text (1267) Open Access

Should we include microorganisms in scores to predict outcome in candidates for cardiac surgery during the acute phase of endocarditis?

Pierre Tattevin, Pierre Fillâtre, Serge Tchamgoué, Mathieu Lesouhaitier, Nicolas Nesseler, Jean-Marc Tadié

PDF Pages: E158-E162 Full Text (1055) Open Access

Oncologic validity of minimally invasive lobectomy for early stage lung cancer

Todd L. Demmy, Sai Yendamuri

PDF Pages: E163-E167 Full Text (860) Open Access

Basics of changes in hemodynamic monitoring in sepsis care

Jae Chol Yoon, Won Young Kim

PDF Pages: E168-E170 Full Text (1238) Open Access

Pushing the envelope of minimally invasive esophagectomy

Chien-Hung Chiu, Yin-Kai Chao

PDF Pages: E171-E173 Full Text (1051) Open Access

Driving the discussion about the greater propensity for doing better with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Abigail K. Zamora, Anthony W. Kim

PDF Pages: E174-E177 Full Text (1138) Open Access

Infective endocarditis and outcomes of valve surgery: the bug, the valve, the host and the unknown

Sudarshan Balla, Mohamad Alkhouli

PDF Pages: E178-E181 Full Text (1111) Open Access

Bugs at the operating theatre in infective endocarditis: one step forward, still a long way to go

Juan M. Pericàs, Eduard Quintana, José M. Miró

PDF Pages: E182-E191 Full Text (956) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Reply to comments on “Robotic-assisted right medial and anterior basal segmentectomy (S7+S8)”: lymph node dissection and incision

Jian-Tao Li, Qing-Quan Luo

PDF Pages: E192-E193 Full Text (805) Open Access

Invited correspondence on: “Aspirin for patients undergoing major lung resections: hazardous or harmless?”

Antje Messerschmidt, Davor Stamenovic

PDF Pages: E194-E195 Full Text (780) Open Access

Reply to “The posterior approach to robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy”

Xinghua Cheng, Jia Huang, Jiantao Li, Chongwu Li, Peiji Lu, Qingquan Luo

PDF Pages: E196-E197 Full Text (876) Open Access

Reply to the comments on ‘Three-arm robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for locally advanced N2 non-small cell lung cancer’, a better technique, new territory, and future hopes

Xinghua Cheng, Jia Huang, Jiantao Li, Peiji Lu, Qingquan Luo

PDF Pages: E198-E199 Full Text (881) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Cough Section” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Peter Dicpinigaitis served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series from March 2016 to October 2019.

2. The series “Interventional Pulmonology Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Kassem Harris served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

Vol 11, No 10 (October 30, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease